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Show Families Camp On High Ground HUNTINGTON, W. V Marrh SO PHundrdi of West Virginia families fami-lies living along th Ohio river camped on high ground today tnd walled anxiously thetomlng of th predicted M (Moot river crot The latage at Huntington at midnight mid-night wm US feet two and a naif (eet sbov flood stage nd the stream was rising one-tenth of a toot an hour. ' Th river wa out ef Its bank In onlv few place, but many home and bualneM house wr flooded by backwater. Relief parties worked throughout th night helping many families In the low section mov lo higher ground. Hundred of nanus were flooded at Point Pleasant, where the Kanawha reachM tha Ohio, and many families were marooned In their house. Other Oth-er fled to nearby Camp Conley, th national guard' campsite. |